Compartment-box for smokers.



PATENTED 001 23, 1906.

E. A. REYNOLDS. GOMPARTMBNT BOX FOR SMOKERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY'I.19OB.

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UNITED STATES IIPAXENT OFFICE.

ELLA A. REYNOLDS, OF PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA.

COMPAHTMENT-BOX FOR SMOKERS.

Specification of Letter. Patent.

. atented Oct. 23, 1906.

Application filed May 7, 1908. Serial No. 515.864.

To all when it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLA A. REYNOLDS,

.a citizen oi" the United States, residing at and one for ashes, all of the receptacles being combmcd in one casing, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which I Figure 1' is a perspective view of in improved compartm'ent-box for smokers use, the two hinged members thereof being shown open and the cover for one of said members being in a partially-raised position. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the said cover' closed on Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view with the parts closed. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectibnal view with the parts closed.

Corresponding and like parts are referred .to in the followin description and indicated in all the views oihhc drawings by the some reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, my invention comprises two hinged members 1 and l" of any desired shape or design, thcy being shown as rectangular in the prcscnt instance. The member 1 is provided along its hinged edge with a longitudiholly-extending plate 2, which is spaced from the outer edge of'the member and produces a tobacco-compartmen! It. The particular design shown is intended for cigar.- onrl for home use, and it is evident that with this cons rum ion n number I of cigars may be placed on their cml WHllHl the compartment 3', in convenient position for writ lu rawal when desired. I

The member I. is provided near one end with a transverse stnI'ip 4 ,constituting between such strip and the a acentend of said member a receptacle or com artment for live matches. On the other si e of the transverse strip 4 two trays (designated 5 and 6, respectively) are detachably fitted within the memher I", the tray5 being intended for burned matches and the tray 6 for ashes, and the latter is preferably provided with a transverse wire 7, which may be used to scrape the ashes from the cigar. A cover 8 is provided for the hinged member 1 and is designed to fit within the margin thereof snugly, so as to separate the receptacles or compartments for matches and ashes from the compartment .for tobacco. The cover 8 is hinged along one edge, so that it may be turned up out of the 'membcr l to expose the interior of the lat ter and back against the member 1, as illustrated in the drawings, and on the under face of said cover is a strip of abrasive material 9, which may be conveniently utilized to ignite matches. A spring-catch 10 is preferably rovidcd, that secures the two hinged morn- JCIS together, and a similar catch 11 may be used to secure the cover 8 down within the member 1; but even without the catch 11 it is manifest that the plate 2, as will be seen particularly by reference to Fig. 3, will hold the cover 8 down within the member 1- when plate will assist in maintaining the cover 8 in closed position.

From the foregoing description, in connection with the accmnpanying dmwin s, it will be seen that t have provided ahanrly miele for smokers use, which is provided with all the necessary receptacles or compartments for the various requisite articles and which can bc cheaply manufactured and of cornparativclv few and simple parts. By supporting the trays detachably in the member 1 they may be removed whenever desired and cleaned.

Having thus described the in vention, what is claimed as new is- A device of the character described, comprising a casing embodying two box-sections hinged together along one edge, one of smd sc 'lions bcingadnptcd to contain matches and ashes and the other section being proit plot" 1 n! i$= cli nrlnplml l0 preclude a. compartment in said section for I when the box-sections are closed upon one cigars or the like, and a cover hin ed to one another, a's'and' for the gurposeset forth. 10 of said sections at the inner edge t ereof and In testimony whereo I affix my signature adapted to entirely close the same, whereby in presence of two witnesses.

to maintain said section separate from the, ELLA A. REYNOLDS. [1,. s.)

to the inner surface of said cover, the plate 2 M. F. ROY,

other section, and an abrasive strip 9 secured i Witnesse's: binding against the outer side of the cover 8 IVAN W. GOODNER. 

